This file contains data and commands necessary for the replication
of the analyses presented in:

Box-Steffensmeier, Janet M., Laura W. Arnold, and Christopher J. W.
Zorn. 1997. "The Strategic Timing of Position-Taking in Congress: A
Study of the North American Free Trade Agreement."  American Political
Science Review 91(June):XXX-XXX.

This document will be placed on file with the Publication-Related
Archive of the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social
Research (ICPSR) at the University of Michigan.  The authors hereby
grant permission for these data to be redisseminated by the ICPSR.

TIMING.ZIP is a compressed (PKZIP) file containing the following
documents:

    TIMING.ASC - An ASCII file containing the data used in the analysis
    TIMING.DTA - A STATA Version 4.0 data file containing the data used
                 in the analysis
    TIMING.LOG - An ASCII file containing research logs of the data
                 analysis procedures
    README     - This README file

For descriptions of the variables used, and their coding, please refer
to Appendix A of the article.

Please address correspondence to:

      Professor Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier
      Department of Political Science
      Ohio State University
      Columbus, OH 43210-1373
      Phone: (614) 292-2880
      e-mail:jboxstef+@osu.edu






